On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:15:58 -0400, "Al" wrote:
and all of you follow them. You require CITES clearance paper going back 5
years if a Ho Chi Minh shows up for judging or in a show. Is this true at
all AOS sponsored events in the US?

NO - Personal desire.... Not as any official capacity. from 2006-2011
I will purchase only when I can get a copy of Cites for the plant, to
carry if I want to shw.


There is the kicker -- Flasks are not in the same catagory. And the
number of plants out there at that age is part of the reason I think
all of these plants will change "cites" in the next 5 years. I don't
know how we can challenge or not challenge any of the plants
backgrounds now that ther are legal sources. With out the copy of
proof of legal source, it becomes a "well you know so and so has
them..." He said - she said.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids